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I’m so happy that Sanjaya has finally been kicked off the show. His continued presence on the show has made the competition a joke. It has taken away all legitimacy from the competition. But now the competition is on!

Jordin Sparks is our new favorite. She definitely started out in a lower/middle tier of competitors, but she’s shown extraordinary growth since the competition was narrowed to 12. She’s pretty and I think she has the most potential.

Melinda Doolittle is amazing; the most polished of the bunch. But I feel like her problem is that she’s already peaked. Melinda is just absolutely amazing—but where else is there left to go from here?

I love Blake. I think he’s the most creative and talented (as an overall musician) of the bunch. But unfortunately, this is a vocal competition.

Lakisha is going to be gone next week or the week after. She always looks unhappy. She’s also had 2-3 shaky performances. She has the potential to put out an amazing vocal performance but is just too inconsistent. Not as much of a rock as Melinda is.

Chris is going to be out soon too. Simon is right—his voice is too nasal.

Phil has a good voice but I’m sorry, he looks like a zombie. He might make it to the top 3, but he won’t win.

Overall, this has been a great season for American Idol. I think it has the most talented top 6 in a while, maybe the best top 6 out of all the competitions. In most of the other years, there were maybe 2 people who were *really* good and deserved to win. But this year, we have at least two who definitely deserve to win and possibly two others who might have been good enough to win in other years’ competitions.